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As reliance on railroads and trains for transporting goods increases there comes a corresponding increase in railroad traffic that equates to an increased probability of accidents, derailments and crashes with vehicles crossing railroad crossings. Given the thousands...
Generally speaking, when a Minnesota employee is injured on the job he or she may be eligible for workers' compensation benefits. The only legal requisite for the worker to be eligible to receive workers' compensation is that his or her injury must have been acquired...
Minnesota residents may be interested to know that a deal between North Dakota regulators and the Federal Railroad Administration appears imminent. Once struck, the deal will permit the state to enforce a rail safety program that will be financed by the Legislature....
Minnesota railroad officials have come under direct scrutiny recently. Some Minnesota lawmakers, along with local government officials, have demanded that Minnesota railroad officials publicize the emergency plans that they drafted and submitted to the state relating...
A recent train derailment forced thousands of residents evacuate their homes. The evacuation was ordered when officials realized that the train was transporting a payload of hazardous material and that the train had caught fire after it derailed. In total, about 5,000...
The recent oil boom in the Bakken oil fields of North Dakota has contributed to ever increasing railroad traffic to transport the extracted oil to refineries across the U.S. via rail tanker cars. This in turn has caused an increase in the need for hiring workers that...
Minnesota residents should be interested to know that answers are still being sought as to the reason behind an Amtrak train accident that took place in Philadelphia approximately two weeks ago. The train was travelling through Philadelphia on its way to New York City...
Since 1974, the federal government has allocated funds to the State of Minnesota to pay for its Railroad-Highway Grade Crossing Safety Improvement Program. The Minnesota Department of Transportation, the Rail Administration Section and the Office of Freight and...
Minnesota residents have likely heard and read about the increased rail traffic in the Twin Cities. This recent boom in oil production is from the Bakken oil fields of North Dakota, and oil companies have had to resort to transporting the oil to refineries via...
Transporting crude oil by rail is not a new phenomenon. It has, however, increased markedly due to the ever-increasing rate of oil production in recent years, which has summarily outpaced the capacity of the existing pipeline infrastructure. The only other feasible...
